Matsura and three women pose for a picture outdoors. Matsura rests his hand on his foot, which is propped up and resting on a log. The woman standing next to him has her hand on her hip. The woman next to her has her leg up on the log and her hand...

A man in a full length fur coat poses for his portrait at Matsura's. Standing in front of a backdrop, the tall man sports a matching dark fur cap and padded leather mittens. He has a mustache and holds a pipe in one mittened hand; the other hand is...

Early October, 1911, a contingent of Okanogan townsmen forged a path from the South Half (the area of the Colville Indian Reservation directly across the river from town) through Cold Springs to the Condon Ferry at the Columbia River. Fifteen men...

A Washington Kloochman, or woman, poses for her portrait at Matsura's studio. Kloochman is the Chinook word for woman. She wears a shawl over her polka dot dress. In her hand is a beaded bag. Shells adorn her ears. Chinook is a mixture of twelve or...

A group of six school-aged children-- three girls and three boys--cool off by wading in a stream. The girls hold up their dresses to keep them dry. They wear wide-brimmed straw hats and their hair braided and down their backs. The small boys are...

Olga Gard, daughter of town elder James Gard, stands with the right arm behind her back, her left hand holding a tiny purse. Olga and her sister Orril ran the Palm Restaurant in Okanogan for a short time in 1911. The Palm was previously called the...

Matsura stands with one hand in his pants pocket, leaning to one side. In the lower foreground the corner of a wooden sidewalk is visible. Behind Matsura is the Bureau Hotel, begun by Captain Charles Bureau in 1906 and completed around 1913. ...

Matsura stands under a fruit tree, holding a basket (of what looks to be plums) in each hand. He wears tall leather boots, a work-shirt with tie, and a wide-brimmed, loose hat. A watch chain dangles from his waist. His bicycle is propped against...

Matsura and local businessman W. R. Kahlow pose in front of a backdrop in Matsura's studio. Kahlow stands proudly grasping his suspenders, a deck of cards in his left hand. Matsura stands to his left. One of the earliest settlers in Okanogan, ...

A group of three men pose for a picture on top of a wagon. The two men sitting in the front of the carriage are wearing hats and racing coats. The man behind them, sits on a large black box, and holds a gun in his hand. Behind the wagon is a fence...

An enlarged picture of #35-11-15, the photograph shows a bit more of the classroom, the teacher, and three banners arranged on the wall with the words: "FIRST PRIZE OKANOGAN COUNTY FAIR". Note: The right hand upper corner of the photograph has a...

A group of people pose for a picture in a surrey. On the lap of driver sits a little girl. She holds the horse reins. In the back of the cart sit another three men. Off the side of the wagon, stands another man--his hand in his pocket. Mr. R. P....

Judge Brown makes a hoop with his arms and his dog Mickey is shown in action--just after jumping through. The two are playing at the Second Avenue and Queen Street intersection in Okanogan. In the foreground to the right is Owens' Livery and Feed...

Baseball was the sport of choice for Okanogan and those towns of the surrounding area. Here the team plays against St. Mary's Mission, located approximately seven miles to the northeast of Okanogan. Only one person from Okanogan is wearing their...

Judge William Compton Brown drives a Model T Ford, decorated for the Fourth of July Parade in 1913, down Second Avenue past Towne's Jewelry Store in Okanogan.
Note: manuscript note on verso in Judge Brown's hand.

A young man poses for a full length portait at Matsura's studio on First Avenue, Okanogan. He is wearing a cap, suit and necktie. The necktie which is tucked into his shirt. One hand rests in his pants pocket.